How do we know if Chinese think China is a democracy? Run a news contrary to that (like China is autocracy), you will land in jail or worse disappear and reappear after brain wash.
Sure. We'll believe China is a democracy. lol.
What is the term "democracy" in your language? Does it exist in Hindi, or whatever language used in India, except English.
In Vietnamese, it is "Dan chu", which is equal to "Min-chu" in Chinese and Korean, and "minshu" in Japanese (same term, just different pronunciation).
"Dan chu" literally means "people is the boss". Therefore, that is the case in Vietnam, China and North Korea.
In my opinion, judging by our own term, Japan and the UK are not really "Dan chu", because there are still a lot of exclusive rights given to the royal family, let alone Thailand or Malaysia.